Chi Chi Amor

Chi Chi Amor gets WONDERFUL (unsolicited) press!!

Shari — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 04:40:48 +0000

We are absolutely beyond grateful to the universe for bringing us two magical, important, and truly exciting pieces of really incredible press in the recent months! We keep crossing our fingers (ok, and maybe visiting the websites and pleading, just a little?) for an invitation from Oprah or Ellen to come on their show(s)! Please check out the following two links. We hope they stay active, at least until our appearance on Oprah. ;) BIG THANKS to reporters, Leigh Spann (wfla), and Nerissa Prest (Fox News 13), for putting together these two fabulous news features! And a tremendous hug and shout out to our friend Annie, owner of Yogani Studios www.yoganistudios.com (who carries Chi Chi Amor), and our neighbor and homegirl, Amy Haynie, owner of the totally cool, chic, hip, eco-rad Seminole Height’s store, Tampa Street Market www.tampastreetmarket.com. Please click on the following two links to learn all you need to know about Danielle & Shari, our Guatemalan Mayan producers/collaborators, and Chi Chi Amor! TBO News Feature/Chi Chi Amor Fox News/Chi Chi Amor Feature

Check Out P$ynner on HGTV’s “That’s Clever!”

Shari — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 17:53:13 +0000

a rare glimpse of tampa-based artist, P$ynner, at work...

Amazing, Multi-talented, Groovy, Tampa-Based Artist and Chi Chi Amor collaborator P$YNNER, (see handbags and accessories on www.chichiamor.com), will be featured on HGTV’s “That’s Clever!” this Friday, March 20th @ 8am, where she will be making 2 projects. Chi Chi Amor and P$ynner sure hope you get to see it! You are in for a real creative treat! P$ynner is a truly inspirational artist–she’s the real deal.

New Shipment!!

Shari — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 20:13:59 +0000

We are so excited today because our new shipment just arrived on my doorstep! We’ve got some old Chi Chi Amor staples to share with you (though, no two Chi Chi Amor items are alike, of course!), and some new, totally beautiful items (photos coming soon!) Come back in a few days to see the Marley dress in the most gorgeous shades of purple and green, dyed with aloe (purple) and perricon (green), thanks to our talented Guatemalan Mayan friend, Filomena, who creates the most amazing natural dyes out of the plants she grows in her own yard. You will LOVE our new, colorful pants, hand-woven by Pedro Yax, and the most adorable repurposed/ recycled back-packs for kids, thanks to our talented artisan friend, Alphonso (see photo of Alphonso, below)!

Chi Chi Amor supports CHOAIDS event

Anna Moore — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 17:30:53 +0000

Last month, we donated a gorgeous pair of our handmade, recycled huipil booties to support a fundraiser for CHOAIDS, (Caring for Haitian Orphans with AIDS). The goal of this event was to raise money to cover the rent and mounting monthly expenses for the orphanage in Haiti. It gives us great satisfaction to be able to participate in events such as these. Chi Chi Amor is deeply committed to supporting social justice causes around the globe, particularly those that improve the lives of children. If you are affiliated with such an organization, please email us and tell us about it. It is fundamentally important to us at Chi Chi Amor, to share our success as it comes, with those in need, in as many ways as possible.

The People of Burma Need Help!

Anna Moore — Mon, 12 May 2008 17:29:44 +0000

We’re taking a few liberties here, because this is a blog, afterall, and Chi Chi Amor customers seem to care about things beyond our own personal worlds outside our homes…

If you read this, and you have a few bucks to spare, or share, or are a part of a big email list, or an organization who might be able to help, please think about passing this on, or donating to the 30,000+ victims of the cyclone that struck Burma last week. This organization has figured out a way to actually get the aid through the unwavering regime in Burma and to the actual people. Burma Lifeline.

One Love,
Chi Chi Amor

Natural Dyes…Coming Soon!!!

Anna Moore — Tue, 06 May 2008 17:26:39 +0000

Dear Chi Chi Amor Customers…

Check out this very interesting article about recent archaeological findings that reveal the complexity and amazing quality of ancient Mayan textiles. Also note the references to NATURAL DYES! Ancient Mayan Tomb Yields Amazing Fabrics

We are soooooo excited to announce that in less than 3 weeks, our NEW NATURALLY DYED items will arrive from Guatemala. We will have dresses, shirts and cargo shorts in the most beautiful shades you have ever seen. Filomena, our amazingly talented natural dye producer (see above) from a little town on Lago Atitlan, makes her dyes from things like beets and ash, aloe vera, and sacatinta, (a plant native to Central America). Wait until you see this stuff. It’ll knock your socks off, probably right into a pail of natural dyes! ;) We bonded with Filomena from the second we met her. She’s from a town that has a creation legend that begins with the birth of twins. When she found out I (Shari) is the mother of twins, she started pulling things off of the walls of her in-home store, to give to us as gifts. She gave me two red scarfs to give to my twin boys and Danielle was the lucky recipient of a gorgeous woven textile.

Visit organicgreenmommy.com!

Anna Moore — Tue, 06 May 2008 17:24:17 +0000

The universe has amazing ways of bringing people together… Jeff, my (Shari’s) faithful brother and pal, introduced us to Lauren Davison, Founder of Organic Green Mommy. We hit it off immediately with Lauren and Organic Green Mommy and our paths could not have crossed at a better time. Chi Chi Amor is beyond honored to be featured on Organic Green Mommy. and we really hope that if you stumble upon this entry, that you take a moment to check out Lauren’s wonderful website, chock-full of highly valuable parenting information, really neat stuff for sale, and simple ways to be a greener and happier mommy (or daddy!)

St. Petersburg Farmer’s Market

Anna Moore — Thu, 01 May 2008 17:16:40 +0000

This Saturday, May 3rd, from 9 a.m.- 2 p.m. is Chi Chi Amor’s last market day of the season at the wonderful and chill St. Petersburg Saturday Morning Market . We will start up again when the market resumes in the fall. If you have some free time on Saturday, and live in the Bay Area (the “other” Bay Area), then come out and visit us! It’s such a great market. You can do all of your local/organic fruit and veggie shopping and eat the best veggie burger you’ve ever had.

***If you come to our booth on Saturday and mention that you read our blog, we’ll give you a very special discount…***

Hope to see you there, this Saturday and/or next market season!

Earth Day

Anna Moore — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 06:20:57 +0000

Last weekend (4.20.08), Chi Chi Amor participated in the Sierra Club’s Earth Day event at Lowry Park Zoo in Tampa, FL. We received a lot of attention for our recycled pants, made from the traditional Mayan skirt (corte) and our booties, recycled from the traditional Mayan shirt (huipil). We were happy to see so many like-minded parents at Earth Day and hope Tampa will have a higher turn-out every year. As part of the event, Chi Chi Amor donated $50 to the Sierra Club. We look forward to next year.